Rolls-Royce and Inmarsat in LOI on energy management system

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 — Satellite communications provider Inmarsat and Rolls-Royce have signed a Letter of Intent to make the Rolls-Royce Energy Management system optionally available via Inmarsat Maritime’s Fleet Xpress high speed

EBH Namibia drydocks a dry dock

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 — Walvis Bay ship repairer EBH Namibia is busy with a somewhat unusual task: drydocking a dry dock. The floating dry dock that is under repair is owned by

Wireless charging demo marks breakthrough in electric ferry tech

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 — Wärtsilä has successfully tested its automatic wireless induction charging system on a hybrid powered coastal ferry. The tests were carried out on the 85 m long MF Folgefonn

Damen to open Service Hub in Russian Black Sea port

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Group has signed a Letter of Intent with Russia’s Delo Group, whose DeloPorts subsidiary operates the Aleksino Port Marina Shipyard in the Port of Novorossiysk, on

Box ship LNG fueling conversion could have multiplier effect

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 — Converting an existing containership to LNG fueling need not involve installing a whole new engine. Proving this point: the successful conversion of the 2011-built 1,036 TEU Wessels Reederei

Songa Bulk adds another Kamsarmax to fleet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 — Songa Bulk ASA (Oslo Axess: SBULK) has entered into an agreement to acquire its fifteenth vessel, an 82,188 dwt Kamsarmax bulk carrier built in 2012 at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding

A.P. Moller Holding to acquire Maersk Tankers

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 — Keeping things all in the family, as it were, publicly traded A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S today signed an agreement to sell Maersk Tankers A/S to APMH Invest

Skangas Coralius carries out first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 — The first European-built LNG bunker and distribution vessel, the 5,800 cu.m Coralius, today performed its first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation for Skangas. The operation took place in international

VIDEO: First autonomous vessel control system now on market

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 — While a number of leading European players continue to research autonomous vessels conduct testing and talk endlessly about their promise, a Boston, MA, based start-up looks to have

New understanding of hazards posed by bauxite cargoes

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 — A working group established by IMO — the Global Bauxite Working Group — has upended conventional thinking on what can cause bauxite cargoes to rapidly shift, causing ships

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